Re: afterstep woes...

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On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Sean Spicer wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to get afterstep 1.4.5 set up on a new RH5.0 install. 
> Problem is, I can't find any system.steprc file and when I place a
> .steprc file in my home directory, nothing happens -- things just
> default to the original setup.  Also, when running xdm the machine won't
> run afterstep at all.  I know this probably has to do with config files,
> but I a novice with X-windows and WM's (SGI makes things too easy :).  I
> would really appreciate some help getting this set to go.
> 
> thanks!
> 
> sean
>  
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Sean Spicer (spicer@engr.sgi.com)
> Supercomputing Applications
> Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> V-Mail: 650.933.4848
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Starting with (I think) v1.4.5, AS stores settings in
~/GnuSTEP/Library/AfterStep/ with system-wide defaults in
/usr/share/AfterStep/

There's a whole bunch o' files in there you need to play with. Read them
all for an idea of what they do, then don't be afraid to experiment.

Simon.

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